Fury as Pink Floyd's Roger Waters goes on unhinged rant at UN Security Council while wearing Palestine pin
By Laura Parnaby
Daily Mail
Feb17, 2025
Speaking via Zoom, the controversial 81-year-old musician addressed diplomats at a Security Council meeting about the war in Ukraine
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters gave a rambling 'peace speech' while wearing a pin of the Palestinian flag during a gathering at the United Nations on Monday.
The controversial 81-year-old musician addressed diplomats via Zoom at a Security Council meeting in New York about the war in Ukraine as the third anniversary approaches.
Waters was presented as an 'activist,' despite being known for supporting Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel and appearing to dress as a Nazi during a live performance in Berlin back in 2023.
The former Pink Floyd bassist spoke mainly about the conflict in Ukraine during his rant - but he also made a brief reference to the carnage in Gaza while wearing a small Palestine flag pinned on his lapel.
'Palestine isn't really a war, is it? Don't get me started,' he said in the middle of his monologue. 'Back to Ukraine.'
Waters began his speech by addressing questions about his 'credentials' to speak on international politics because he's 'just a musician'.
'I sense an objection, somewhere out here in this room, a questioning of my credentials, so forgive me,' he said.
'I may be just a musician, but I'm here to talk about war and peace and love, and my credentials are firmly in place.'
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters gave a rambling 'peace speech' while wearing a pin of the Palestinian flag during a gathering at the United Nations on Monday
Waters was dropped by his record label months after he was accused of antisemitism for backing Hamas' October 7 attack against Israel
He went on to imply that his father being killed in 1944 while defending the Anzio Bridgehead in Italy from the Nazis when he was five months old qualified him to speak about the Ukraine war.
The musician said his 'blood ran cold' the day Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, adding that it could have been avoided through 'diplomacy, common sense, and talking to each other.'
Waters also accused former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson of intentionally thwarting early peace negotiations held in Istanbul, Turkey.
He claimed that Johnson told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the war 'suits the Americans' because 'they think it'll weaken Russia'.
Doing an impression of Johnson speaking to Zelensky, Waters said: 'It's been decided to continue it (the war) for as long as it takes, and just between you and me, the longer it takes, the better.
'They (the Americans) will keep sending you ammo of course, and they'd like you to, just, you know, fight on.'
German music rights firm BMG, which signed Waters in 2016, recently parted ways with the rock star following a series of controversies including a slew of inflammatory remarks he made about Israel
Waters was dropped by his record label BMG in late 2023 following a slew of controversies.
He told Variety he had been 'fired' by the German company after the relatively new CEO Thomas Coesfeld canned a planned release of a newly recorded rerun of a Pink Floyd album.
The band's former bassist had been slated to release a new version of the 1973 album 'Dark Side of the Moon' - but the project was reassigned to UK-based band Cooking Vinyl.
Waters has also been branded a 'bully' by his former producer Bob Ezrin, who said he called his ex-agent Bryan Morrison a 'f***ing Jew.'
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